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| Great North Air Ambulance carries blood for transfusions | Great North Air Ambulance carries blood for transfusions |
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| Blood is to be carried on a helicopter ambulance for in-air transfusions in a bid to save more lives. | Blood is to be carried on a helicopter ambulance for in-air transfusions in a bid to save more lives. |
| Using technology honed by the British military in Afghanistan, the Great North Air Ambulance (GNAAS) will run the new service throughout the North East, Cumbria and North Yorkshire. | Using technology honed by the British military in Afghanistan, the Great North Air Ambulance (GNAAS) will run the new service throughout the North East, Cumbria and North Yorkshire. |
| Around 50 people die in the region each year from blood loss in accidents, crashes or assaults. | Around 50 people die in the region each year from blood loss in accidents, crashes or assaults. |
| The charity hopes to reduce that number by giving quicker transfusions. | The charity hopes to reduce that number by giving quicker transfusions. |
| Newcastle Hospitals' Major Trauma Service is also helping to run the service. | Newcastle Hospitals' Major Trauma Service is also helping to run the service. |
| Only a handful of air ambulance charities in the UK carry blood stocks. | Only a handful of air ambulance charities in the UK carry blood stocks. |
| A spokesman for Newcastle Hospitals Trust said: "This new collaboration will help trauma specialists working with GNAAS and the Blood Bike groups save even more lives, by delivering emergency O-negative blood directly to the scene of life-threatening accidents. | A spokesman for Newcastle Hospitals Trust said: "This new collaboration will help trauma specialists working with GNAAS and the Blood Bike groups save even more lives, by delivering emergency O-negative blood directly to the scene of life-threatening accidents. |
| "From now on this could be on a road-side, on a hill-top or in a remote community, rather than having to wait until they arrive at the emergency department." | "From now on this could be on a road-side, on a hill-top or in a remote community, rather than having to wait until they arrive at the emergency department." |